Mechanism of anticancer activity and its relation to hormonal activity of extracts and fractions obtained from the leaves of Psidium guajava L.

• Grant number: 14/01283-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: September 01, 2014
• End date: August 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Pharmacology
• Principal Investigator: João Ernesto de Carvalho
• Grantee: Larissa Shiozawa
• Host Institution: Centro Pluridisciplinar de Pesquisas Químicas, Biológicas e Agrícolas (CPQBA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Paulínia , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The research of active ingredients from natural sources has allowed the discovery and development of many chemotherapeutic drugs used in cancer treatment. Currently about 60% of anticancer drugs are derived from natural products, demonstrating the great potential of these products in the research and development of new drugs for the treatment of this group of diseases. The Multidisciplinary Center for Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research (CPQBA - Unicamp), in recent years, has been studying the activity of extracts and active principles obtained from Psidium guajava L. that exhibit potential anticancer activity in cultured human tumor cells and in experimental models in laboratory animals. The current project aims to assess the type of cell death induced by active principles Guava flow cytometry to evaluate the anticancer activity in in vivo models and the possible estrogenic/antiestrogenic activity, compared to tamoxifen chemotherapy. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BAZIOLI, JAQUELINE MORAES; COSTA, JONAS HENRIQUE; SHIOZAWA, LARISSA; GOIS RUIZ, ANA LUCIA TASCA; FOGLIO, MARY ANN; DE CARVALHO, JOAO ERNESTO. Anti-Estrogenic Activity of Guajadial Fraction, from Guava Leaves (Psidium guajava L.). Molecules, v. 25, n. 7, APR 2020. (19/11563-2, 14/01283-9)

Academic Publications

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SHIOZAWA, Larissa. Anticancer and antiestrogenic activities of extracts and fractions of leaves of Psidium guajava L.. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba Campinas, SP.